Rubio spoke about resolving the conflict in Ukraine
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a visit to Portugal, confirmed Washington’s intention to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of negotiations and the need to take into account the risks of escalation.
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Why It Matters
The United States expresses its readiness to facilitate the peace process between the parties to the conflict in Ukraine.
The United States intends to continue trying to help resolve the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a press conference following his visit to Portugal, the broadcast is available on the Associated Press (AP) YouTube channel.
“We have the opportunity to reach a settlement, and we have tried and will continue to do everything we can to help resolve the conflict,” he said.
According to him, Washington hopes that the risk of escalation will be one of the factors that will prompt the parties to sit down at the negotiating table and show readiness to resolve the conflict.
Rubio stressed that the United States will continue to try to negotiate, but does not intend to “invest in meaningless processes if it cannot make progress,” but would like to see a negotiated solution to the conflict.
Open Questions
- What specific steps does Washington plan to take towards a settlement?
- What exactly is meant by meaningless processes?
